Estimated Price

£2,000

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Project Summary

Creative Connections is a group of people who attend Day Opportunities who have decided that they would like to create a small social enterprise. The group would like to be given the opportunity to create art and craft products, and see their creations come to life. The group will be run by and for people who have learning disabilities, physical impairments, mental wellbeing, and people who have neurodiversity. Creative Connections will give people the chance to experience work opportunities.

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Project Description

Creative Connections was created by the people we support within Trindlemoss day opportunities the group voted on the name. 

The aim of the group is to learn and build upon people's skills, encouraging imagination to create art that can be applied to various products, including t-shirts, caps, bags, baubles, keyrings.........the list is endless. Everyone that is interested in joining the group , will be encouraged and supported to explore the inner artist and participate in a safe , fun creative environment where they can let their imagination run wild.

People need new opportunities to create, and see their creations come to life. The  benefits to people we support are endless as art therapy is high up in natural remedies for people who challenge our services. The project would build people's confidence, learn new skills, improve people's health and wellbeing, help people express themselves and communicate through art.

The benefits that the project would also offer people the opportunity for work experience, the opportunity  to learn customer skills, learn administration skills when ordering materials and resourcing materials. The group would like to transform community attitudes to promote and support opportunities for people with learning disabilities. The idea behind this group is not only for to understand the process of how a product comes to life, from start to finish. The group hope that the enterprise will give them the opportunity to make new friends, catch up with old ones, create a team of crafters or grafters depending on how well their products and ideas sell. The group would like to create designs on the computer, learn how to operate a Cricut machine and apply the design to a product e.g. t-shirt, cap etc.

The group want to learn the processes of operating the machines , including the safety regulations with a view to being able to sell the items they produce to people who use our Baristamoss cafe and Glam hide Away beauty room.

The group have produced a list of items they would like to start this venture as follows circuit maker four machine £450  circut design space - 1 year membership - £80 sublimation printer- £600 vinyl - £200 sublimation printer paper - £100 heat presses - £800.